Merge pull request #227 from MisterRager/debian-use-ffmpeg-instead-of-streamer

Debian: Use fswebcam Instead of Streamer

.github/FUNDING.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# These are supported funding model platforms
+custom: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/boltgolt

README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sudo dnf install howdy
 
 After installation, Howdy needs needs to learn what you look like so it can recognise you later. Run `sudo howdy add` to add a face model.
 
-If nothing went wrong we should be able to run sudo by just showing your face. Open a new terminal and run `sudo -i` to see it in action.
+If nothing went wrong we should be able to run sudo by just showing your face. Open a new terminal and run `sudo -i` to see it in action. Please check [this wiki page](https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/wiki/Common-issues) if you've experiencing problems or [search](https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/issues) for similar issues.
 
 If you're curious you can run `sudo howdy config` to open the central config file and see the options Howdy has to offer. On most systems this will open the nano editor, where you have to press `ctrl`+`x` to save your changes.
 

archlinux/PKGBUILD

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ package() {
 
 	# Installing dlib with GPU
 	cd dlib_clone
-	python3 setup.py install --yes USE_AVX_INSTRUCTIONS --no DLIB_USE_CUDA --root="$pkgdir/" --optimize=1 --skip-build
+	python3 setup.py install --no DLIB_USE_CUDA --root="$pkgdir/" --optimize=1 --skip-build
 	cd ..
 
 	# Installing pam-python

debian/control

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
 Package: howdy
 Homepage: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, curl|wget, python3, python3-pip, python3-dev, python3-setuptools, libpam-python, fswebcam, libopencv-dev, cmake, streamer
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, curl|wget, python3, python3-pip, python3-dev, python3-setuptools, libpam-python, fswebcam, libopencv-dev, cmake, fswebcam
 Recommends: libatlas-base-dev | libopenblas-dev | liblapack-dev
 Suggests: nvidia-cuda-dev (>= 7.5)
 Description: Howdy: Windows Hello style authentication for Linux.

debian/preinst

@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ for dev in devices:
 	print("Trying " + device_name)
 
 	# Let fswebcam keep the camera open in the background
-	sub = subprocess.Popen(["streamer -t 1:0:0 -c /dev/v4l/by-path/" + dev + " -b 16 -f rgb24 -o /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null"], shell=True, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
+	sub = subprocess.Popen(
+                "fswebcam -l 1 -d /dev/v4l/by-path/%s" % dev,
+		shell=True,
+		preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+		stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+		stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
 
 	try:
 		# Ask the user if this is the right one